STEW by Zora Howard

The Tucker women are up early to prepare a very important meal, or at least that's what Mama says. But as the day wears on, past hurts and old resentments boil to the surface, making a mess of everything. STEW explores the substance of that special stuff passed between kinswomen and how the secrets we keep from our mothers eventually become the secrets we keep from ourselves.
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STEW

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  • Anna Tatelman:
    23 Mar. 2024
    “ I saw this play at ACT Theatre in Seattle March 2024. Zora Howard does a wonderful job layering the stories of these three generations of related women. The script has a lovely rhythm, fluctuating between overlapping, chaotic dialogue, and moments where time thickens and slows, like moving through honey. ”
  • Gina Femia:
    19 Feb. 2020
    “ This play is incredible. I'm in awe of Zora's storytelling and how well drawn these characters are. I love this play and I hope it gets produced often. ”
  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center:
    25 Sep. 2018
    “ It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Zora Howard and their play Stew as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,4200 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. ”

LIL’ MAMA: A black girl in her pre-teens.
NELLY: A black girl soon to be eighteen.
LILLIAN: A black woman in her thirties.
MAMA: A mature black woman. Don’t ask her age.

Development History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Page 73 Summer Residency
    ,
    2019
  • Workshop
    ,
    Collaborative Artists Bloc
    ,
    2019
  • Reading
    ,
    University of California, San Diego
    ,
    2017

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    Page 73 Productions
    ,
    2020

Awards

Finalist
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
,
The Pulitzer Prizes
,
2021
Outstanding Play Nominee
,
Drama League
,
2020
Best Play Nominee
,
The Antonyo Awards
,
2020
Semi-Finalist
,
SheWrites Competition
,
Synchronicity Theatre
,
2018